The right poetry collection for right now: Terrance Hayes' 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin'

Now’s the time for “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes’ electric, new book. In his five previous poetry collections — “Muscular Music” (1999), “Hip Logic” (2002), “Wind in a Box” (2006), the National Book Award-winning “Lighthead” (2010) and “How to Be Drawn” (2015)... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A college course that’s a history of the future

Science fiction can be thought of as a film negative of history – a back door into what used to worry people and what gave them hope. Continue reading at The Conversation

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In Brazil: IPA Signs Agreement for Ibero-American Reading and Books

As agreed at São Paulo's book fair, the International Publishers Association is working on reading and books in the Ibero-American markets. The post In Brazil: IPA Signs Agreement for Ibero-American Reading and Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-05 18:54:51 UTC ]
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ABC chair quotes JD Vance memoir as he sounds alarm on media future

Giving the Monash Oration in Sydney, Kim Williams says truth and democracy suffers every time a job in journalism is cut Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of the ABC has quoted the memoir of US vice-presidential candidate JD Vance while discussing the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Alison Roman embraces TV’s streaming future with Tastemade

The cookbook author is bringing her YouTube show to TV, thanks to Tastemade’s streaming channels. Esteemed cookbook author Alison Roman is finally getting a TV show—but not on the Food Network. Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-09-03 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Domville's Salty Days Debuts with 'Our American Dream Cookbook'

The inaugural title from Salty Days Media, a new partnership-driven publishing company from America's Test Kitchen vet Sara Domville, is slated for October 1. 'Our American Dream Cookbook' is a collaboration with Samuel Adams’ philanthropic program Brewing the American Dream. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Santiago Muñoz Machado: Liber’s 2024 Top Latin American Author

Now in his second term, the director of the Royal Spanish Academy is named Liber 2024's Most Outstanding Latin American Author. The post Santiago Muñoz Machado: Liber’s 2024 Top Latin American Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Threshing Pain and Passion through Poetry: Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper, by James Manteith

Threshing Pain and Passion through Poetry: Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper, by James Manteith Book Reviews [email protected] Wed, 08/28/2024 - 14:10 Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper: Horses and Other Poems, co-translated by the... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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American Short Fiction Announces Fall 2024 ‘MFA for All’ Program

American Short Fiction, a nonprofit literary organization based in Austin, Tex., has announced its fall 2024 "MFA for All" program. The series will feature three accomplished authors as faculty: Jamel Brinkley, Susan Choi, and Karen Russell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Inaugural American Manga Award Winners Announced

VIZ Media took home three of the night’s six awards, which were launched to honor outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics and held on the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention in New York. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Booksellers Association Is Publishing a Handbook for Fighting Book Bans

The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support ABFE’s efforts against book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Survey Finds Most Americans Unengaged with Book Banning Efforts in Public Schools

Conducted by the Knight Foundation, the public opinion survey is the most in-depth yet on efforts to ban books in schools, researchers say. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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TikTok fights the DOJ on the First Amendment, compares itself to these American news outlets

TikTok argued that it should still have free speech protections like foreign-owned American news outlets Politico and Business Insider. TikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment, comparing its... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-08-16 12:30:37 UTC ]
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What to read this weekend: Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life's origin

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Hum by Helen Phillips Robots have become a regular fixture of the workforce, and humans are losing their jobs to AI. Climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. It’s getting harder and harder for the average person to... Continue reading at Engadget

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Book Review: 'The Future Was Now' is a brilliant look back at the groundbreaking movie summer of '82

In “The Future Was Now,” former Entertainment Weekly film critic Chris Nashawaty explores the significance of the summer of 1982, which featured the release of eight groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy films Continue reading at ABC News

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How QAnon Destroys American Families

WIRED speaks with Jesselyn Cook, whose recent book chronicles five families impacted by QAnon. Continue reading at Wired

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6 Major Post-Roe Books on Abortion and American History

With Vice President Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee, the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade may be the second in U.S. history with a woman atop a major party ballot. These six books, published post-Dobbs, provide insight into an issue... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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David Hogg, Leaders We Deserve, and a new vision for the future

Fast Company’s new cover story goes behind the scenes with the brave young people choosing politics as a career—and the savvy young people helping them win. An earlier version of this column—and the one that ran in the print edition of our Summer 2024 issue—cited some striking data showing that... Continue reading at Fast Company

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American Manga Award Nominees Announced

Anime NYC and the Japan Society have announced the nominees for the inaugural American Manga Awards, which honor manga creators and the publishing professionals who make their stories accessible to readers in the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction

A few weeks before the release of my first book, a memoir about my mother’s murder, I had to take a polygraph exam. The two things were not in fact related, but that was easy to forget once I found myself strapped in a chair in a windowless room on the fourth floor of a […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Future of Children’s Bookselling

Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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